CVE-2023-42916 (GCVE-0-2023-42916)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-11-30 22:18
Modified
2025-10-21 23:05
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- Processing web content may disclose sensitive information. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.1.
Summary
An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1.2 and iPadOS 17.1.2, macOS Sonoma 14.1.2, Safari 17.1.2. Processing web content may disclose sensitive information. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.1.
References
Impacted products
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Date added: 2023-12-04
Due date: 2023-12-25
Required action: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Used in ransomware: Unknown
Notes: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214031, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214032, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214033 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42916
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